Ninja Star Slots

The entertainment world has always had a fascination with ninjas—online slots industry included. Ninja Star slots is a perfect example since it's a classic take on these covert assassins, who snuck around feudal Japan from the 15th to 17th century. Are you ready to grab your shuriken and start playing? Read our Ninja Star slots review, which covers the gameplay, graphics, payouts, features, and volatility of this game.

Gameplay

Ninja Star has a common 5-reel, 25-payline setup. It delivers wins when at least 3 of any standard symbol land on a payline, going from left (reel 1) to right. Only the best winning combination counts if 2+ wins occur on the same line.

Graphics & Atmosphere

This game launched in 2013, meaning it's over a decade old. Therefore, Ninja Star has a hint of that timey land-based casino feeling. We're not saying this is a terrible thing, but it definitely feels like an old-school slot. Ninja Star does well at conveying its theme, though, with a pagoda roof at the top of the screen and various ninja and Japanese-related symbols.

Symbols & Payouts

Standard symbols include royals (A-9), a ninjaken (ninja sword), kabuto (Japanese helmet), temple, Japanese writing, and shuriken (ninja star). The writing pays the most among this group, delivering 10,000x the line bet for five matching symbols. This single payline prize is huge for an RTG slot, but note that the Ninja Star max win is capped at 50,000x the line bet. If you were to hit the 50,000x max, the round would immediately stop and excess winnings wouldn't count. Despite this limitation, 50,000x the line wager is a solid max payout.

Ninja Star Slots Features

A wild symbol, Ninja Scroll, free spins, and two jackpots highlight this game's extras. Here's more on these features:

• Wild - The ninja serves as a wild symbol, appearing on reels 1, 3, and 5 and substituting for everything except the shurkien.
• Ninja Scroll - This feature triggers when 3+ logos land in a payline going left to right. It reveals various scrolls to determine your prize, including a win, Pick Again, Next Level, or Feature Over. 3 levels are available overall, with a higher level offering more win potential.
• Free spins - You unlock 8 free games by landing 3+ ninja stars anywhere on the grid. A 3x multiplier applies to all payouts during this feature, and logos become ninjas or ninja stars.
• Progressive jackpots - This game has two progressive jackpots, including a Major and Minor prize. The Major Jackpot is currently worth $2,315 at the time of our Ninja Star slots review. You can win either progressive payout randomly, regardless of the round result.

Betting Options

You can adjust paylines (1-25) and coin size ($0.01-$0.10), creating a total betting range of $0.01 to $2.50. The $2.50 max wager shows that this game is definitely a low roller slot. Ninja Star has a detailed autoplay setup that not only lets you automatically run between 5 and infinity spins, but also set specific instances where autoplay stops. Examples include when the jackpot is won, if the balance increases by X amount, or if the balance decreases by X amount.

RTP & Volatility

In typical RealTime Gaming fashion, no Ninja Star slots RTP is listed in the info section. All we can tell you is that RealTime lets online casinos choose payout percentages between 91% and 97%. While no volatility rating is available, we assume this game has medium-to-high or high volatility. The two jackpots and 50,000x top payout would tend to make for volatile results.

Can You Play Ninja Star Slots for Free?

You can play the Ninja Star demo free via a smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer. In fact, we did our Ninja Star review through a desktop. You'll just need to find an online casino that offers RealTime Gaming software and, of course, this online slot.

More on RealTime Gaming

RTG is one of the biggest industry veterans, churning out hundreds of online casino games since 1998. It's notable for major progressive slots like Aztec's Millions ($1.6m current jackpot), Megasaur ($889k), and Spirit of the Inca ($262k). RTG has also produced memorable slots series, like Achilles, Asgard, Bubble Bubble, Cash Bandits, Enchanted Garden, and Lucha Libre.

Verdict on Ninja Star Slots

Ninja Star isn't the most modern game, but it still deserves a place in today's slots world. Its strengths include an entertaining theme, solid win potential, and plenty of features. We particularly liked triggering Ninja Scroll while testing this game out. Downsides include dated graphics, no RTP listing, and a small max bet. Taking the good and bad, we still recommend Ninja Star slots if you're a casual player or just somebody who loves ninjas. We give this game a 7.5/10 rating.